Online Scratch Class · San Francisco · Ages 8 to 10

Online Scratch class
for kids in San Francisco.

A one-month online Scratch class for San Francisco kids ages 8 to 10. Four playable games built at home, each with a personal video review from a credentialed elementary school teacher.

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$99 one time. No subscription, learn from home.

How it works

One call, then they are off.

There is no class to attend and nothing to install. Scratch runs in any browser, so your child in San Francisco works on their own schedule.

Start with a meet and greet

Your $99 month begins with a meet and greet with Matt. He helps set up your Hackingtons and Scratch accounts and gives your child their first assignment. If your child is not excited after the meeting, you have 48 hours to ask for a full refund, no questions asked.

Lessons that fit your child

Matt sends your child personalized lessons throughout the month, tailored to their age and ability level.

Personalized video reviews

Matt plays each finished game, then sends your child a personalized video review: what worked, and what to try next. Yes, he really plays it.

A weekly email for you

Every week you get a summary of the lessons Matt sent, the games your child built, and the feedback he gave. You stay in the loop without having to sit next to them.

Why San Francisco parents look online

The case for doing this from home.

San Francisco has no shortage of coding programs for kids, which is its own problem. A lot of them are group classes where a beginner is one of fifteen, or self-serve app subscriptions where nobody ever looks at what your child made. The thing this class does that neither of those does is simple: Matt opens your child’s project, plays their game, and records a video about their code. For a first month, that attention matters more than the curriculum does.

Key facts about the Hackingtons Online Scratch Class
Ages	8 to 10, no prior coding experience needed
Price	$99 USD, charged once. No subscription.
Length	One month from the meet and greet
Format	Self-paced at home, plus one live meet and greet
Serving	San Francisco, CA and the surrounding area, online
Instructor	Matt Highland, licensed California elementary school teacher, author of Coding for Kids: Scratch
Software	Scratch, free and browser-based. Nothing to install.
What you need	A computer with a web browser and an internet connection
Refund	Full refund for 48 hours after the meet and greet

The 1 month curriculum

Four games they can actually play.

Each one is a real, playable program, not an exercise. Your child in San Francisco can send the link to a grandparent anywhere and it works in their browser.

Game 1

Butterfly Clicker

Click the butterflies and score as many points as you can.

Game 2

Shark Escape

A diver, a shark, and the first game you can lose.

Game 3

Maze Escape

Draw a maze, fill it with enemies, find the way out.

Game 4

Flappy Bird

The one they have played a hundred times, built from nothing.

If your child is more advanced, they can work on more challenging games. More about the curriculum.

A note from Matt

“Wow, I built that.”

I started Hackingtons in 2014 in the Bay Area, and we have taught thousands of kids to code since. The part I care about most is still the first month, the moment a kid sits back and says wow, I built that.

I play every finished game myself and record a video about it, for your child in San Francisco the same as for a kid in our own classroom. Not an assistant, and not generated. That is the part a video tutorial cannot do.

Matt Highland

Co-founder, Hackingtons

Licensed California public elementary school teacher
Author of Coding for Kids: Scratch
Teaching kids to code since 2014

In person

Classrooms, if you want one.

Hackingtons has in-person classrooms in Pleasant Hill and Dublin, both reachable from San Francisco. If your child is older than 10 or you want a weekly in-person class, those are worth a look.

Questions from San Francisco

The practical answers

Yes. Our Pleasant Hill and Dublin classrooms are both in the East Bay and take San Francisco families. This online class is the better fit if you would rather not add a bridge crossing to a weeknight, or if your child is 8 to 10 and you want to try one month before committing to a weekly drive.

That is a common path. The month is standalone with no renewal, so plenty of families use it to find out whether their child actually likes this before they sign up for something weekly and in person.

Camps are a week of full days, usually in a group, usually in the summer. This is one month of short sessions your child does at home whenever it suits, with a personal video review of every finished game. Different shape, and a lot cheaper to find out with.

The meet and greet, every lesson, and Matt’s personal video reviews for thirty days. Charged once when you book. No subscription, no second charge, nothing to cancel. Your month starts on the day of the meet and greet, not the day you pay.

Full refund for 48 hours after the meet and greet, no questions asked. By then you will have met Matt and seen exactly what your child is getting. And if they run out of steam partway through, their account and all the lessons stay open for good.

No experience at all. The first lesson assumes they have never opened Scratch. Eight is the sweet spot: they need to read well enough to follow a video and be comfortable with a mouse, and that is the whole requirement.

Eight more answers, including what you need and what happens after the month, are on the main class page. Questions before booking? Email [email protected].

Ready to meet Matt, San Francisco?

If you are in San Francisco you could also drive to Dublin or Pleasant Hill on a weeknight. Start here first anyway: one month, $99, and you will know whether your child wants the weekly version before you commit to the traffic.

Book the meet and greet, $99

Full refund for 48 hours after the meet and greet, no questions asked.

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